tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post8440823906017277706..comments2024-03-28T17:53:43.541-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Why Start a PressDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-27892317020211338182021-01-04T14:24:29.646-05:002021-01-04T14:24:29.646-05:00Yeah...the changes coming in the next few years mi...Yeah...the changes coming in the next few years might be even more dizzying than the ones we've experienced in the past ten, if what I'm hearing from industry insiders is accurate. Some of us just want to write!Jerry J Windley-Daoustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-53510698512979455532020-12-29T11:44:24.472-05:002020-12-29T11:44:24.472-05:00Jerry,
I don't know, It's an undeniably t...Jerry,<br /><br />I don't know, It's an undeniably tough question. It seems to me that one of the issues is that the bookstore model is breaking down, and we have a highly centralized Big Pub complex which seeks national best sellers in order to justify its scale. People are at once nationalized more than ever (via national media and mass politics) and yet social media and the reach of online venues like Amazon means that publishing can also cater to more specialized interests than ever.<br /><br />Also, the entire English speaking world (British and American) was less than 40 million people in the time of Dickens. It's well over ten times that size now, and yet publishing is also much more centralized. It really seems like it's time for change, but part of what that change should be remains to be determined by how books are being made and bought in the years to come.<br />Darwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-8519605761409183282020-12-28T21:12:09.306-05:002020-12-28T21:12:09.306-05:00It's clear that the publishing industry is abo...It's clear that the publishing industry is about to undergo some major changes...the same sort of disintermediation the music industry went though, for starters...and we need some kind of new model for selling "meaningful collections of words" in an environment where meaningful collections of words have become a commodity. Having attempted to run a small press myself for five years (poorly, I'll admit), I'm not convinced imitating the big 5's model is necessarily the way to go. What about author cooperatives as an alternative?Jerry Windley-Daousthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434041598633709343noreply@blogger.com